Each was required to be massive. But when their NFL careers ended, their struggles with weight began.

"I went from being around 360, to now I'm 397, I'm 411 pounds, I'm 420 pounds," Newton said.

Newton's bad habits of binging on french fries and beer didn't stop until a triple tragedy; within six weeks, his father and two aunts died. At the time, he weighed more than 400 pounds and he took it as a warning.